AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, Issue 10 1307-1310, Copyright © 1991 by American Public Health Association

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Related articles in AJPH
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Perucci, C A
Right arrow Articles by Forastiere, F
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Perucci, C A
Right arrow Articles by Forastiere, F
Mortality of intravenous drug users in Rome: a cohort study.

C A Perucci, M Davoli, E Rapiti, D D Abeni and F Forastiere

Epidemiology Unit, Regional Health Authority, Rome, Italy.

A historical cohort study was carried out in Rome to examine overall and cause-specific mortality among intravenous drug users (IVDUs). A total of 4200 IVDUs (3411 men and 789 women) enrolled in methadone treatment centers between 1980 and 1988 were studied. There were 239 deaths during the follow-up period. The overall SMR was 10.10 in the entire cohort (95% confidence interval, 8.86-11.47), 9.30 in males and 18.07 in females. A large excess of mortality in both sexes was found for infectious, circulatory, respiratory, and digestive diseases as well as for violence, overdose, AIDS, and unknown or ill-defined causes. Tumors and suicide were excessive only in males. Deaths due to drug overdose, violence or trauma, and cirrhosis accounted for 63.6%, AIDS for 7.1%, endocarditis and other bacterial infections for 7.1%, and neoplasms for 3.8% of total mortality. These findings document serious health consequences of drug abuse in Italy.


Related articles in AJPH:

Injection drug use, mortality, and the AIDS epidemic.
P A Selwyn
AJPH 1991 81: 1247-1249. [PDF]  



This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Sex. Transm. Infect.Home page
L Degenhardt, W Hall, and M Warner-Smith
Using cohort studies to estimate mortality among injecting drug users that is not attributable to AIDS
Sex. Transm. Inf., June 1, 2006; 82(suppl_3): iii56 - iii63.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Epidemiol. Community HealthHome page
C Borrell, M I Pasarin, E Cirera, P Klutke, E Pipitone, and A Plasencia
Trends in young adult mortality in three European cities: Barcelona, Bologna and Munich, 1986-1995
J. Epidemiol. Community Health, August 1, 2001; 55(8): 577 - 582.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Int J EpidemiolHome page
J Neeleman
A continuum of premature death. Meta-analysis of competing mortality in the psychosocially vulnerable
Int. J. Epidemiol., February 1, 2001; 30(1): 154 - 162.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Arch Intern MedHome page
D. N. Rose
Benefits of Screening for Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Arch Intern Med, May 22, 2000; 160(10): 1513 - 1521.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Scand J Public HealthHome page
K. Juel and K. Helweg-Larsen
Drug-related mortality in Denmark 1970-93
Scand J Public Health, January 1, 1999; 27(1): 48 - 53.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1991 by the American Public Health Association